MOOC = Win, why Education as a Service is the next big thing

This have been foreseen. I've read about that 1 or even 2 years ago - I admit, I was a bit skeptical, well - let's just say "reluctant". In my opinion (those days) education was just education - you need direct teacher-student communication, individual feedback & grading, adjusting topics & detail level to receiver's current level & expectations. Knowledge has to be up-to-date as well. And in the end - pure knowledge itself is (I know it sounds ridiculous) not enough - you need a proof, a stamp of approval, widely accepted & respected. All of these reasons were cooling my enthusiasm.

But the reality proved me wrong

I'm not going through the cases one-by-one, especially because I've already written a lot about that. I'll just list some sites I personally use on daily basis (majority of them are paid in that way or another):

some award you with actual university certifications for the proper effort

There's money lying on the street

This is interesting not just from the students perspective - it seems to be a great idea for business as well. Education is a kind of service that will never get out of use - as long as you're good & competitive, there'll be a need for what you offer, especially if you keep in mind transient character of education "goods":

IMHO we're still far from fully utilizing Education-as-a-Service commercial potential. Especially here in Poland, we're missing a proper education services in the Internet. Pretty much everyone would like to learn something (not necessarily something related to his / her work, sometimes just a fun thing), but people tend to invent (out of thin air) & pile up ridiculous obstacles (based on laziness & more or less imagined inconvenience) - Internet removes a lot of those.